Brush-shifting device



Nov. 5, 1929. J. l. HULL BRUSH SHIFTING DEVICE Filgd Sept. 13, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet Inventor;

John I. Hull, Jag His Attorne y.

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BRUSH SHIFTING DEVICE Filed Sept. 1:. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor: JohnLHuIl, by l/c flx/ Hi S Attorney Patented Nov. 5, 1929 UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN I. HULL, OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR Tl) GENERAL ELECTRIQCOM- PANY, ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK BRUSH-swarms DEVICE Application filed September My invention relates to a brush shifting device, arranged to be used on the same type of motors and to accomplish the same gen eral purpose as illustrated and explained in my former Letters Patent No. 1,590,030 and has for its object a simpler means of-shitt ing the brushes with the additonal features that provisions are made'for a special startingflbrush position to render an abnormally high or an abnormally low starting torque and for brush shifting speed adjusting means trolled by shiftin two brush yokes accord ing to the laws disclosed therein. The machine may be consideredto be an induction motor having the primary winding on the rotor and the secondary windings on the stator and preferably having a regulating winding on the rotor and connected to a commutator. Each phase of the stator windings is independent and connected to the commutator by means of brushes, one end being connected to a brushon one brush yoke the other end to another brush on a separate brush yoke. In a motor of this type it is known that when the brushes connecting the opposite ends of the secondary phase windings are on the same commutator segment no voltage will be injected into the secondary.

The secondary phases are short-eircuited so that at no load the motor will operate at approximately synchronous s eed as an ordinaryiinduction motor. ,If he brush yokes are moved in up osite directions an electro motive force is injected into the secondary winding, then by movement of the brushes the speed of the motor may be changed or the bri'i shes may be moved in such a posi-v tion withres'peot to each other that correction of. the power factor may be obtained.

.In accordance with my invention I provide a' simpler brush shifting arrangen'ient 13, 1928. sem in. 805,763..

vision fora high or .low' starting torque" ad'- justment when starting the machine and in-;

dependent means for speed adjustment. The features of my invention which I believe to be novel and patentable will .he

pointed out in the claims appended hereto. For a better understanding of my-invention.

reference is made in the following description ,tothe accompanyin drawings in which Fig; 1 represents the-'el ectrical connections of a commutator machine to which my invention is applicable; Fig. 2 represents the relation of the brushes on the commutator to the resulting voltage vectors injected into the secondary by. the commutator for different speeds where; no attempt ismade' to improve the power, factor; Fig. '3 represents vectoriallyone result obtained by 1ny im proved brush shifting arrangement in whichthere is at allspeeds a voltage component in quadrature with the speed regulating com ponent for improving the power factor. These components are separately illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig; 5 illustrates by means of curves the improvement in power factor that may be obtained by means of my improved mechanism. Figs. 6 and 7 show dili'erent views of the brush adjusting mechanism applied to the machine to be regulated. Fig. 8 illustrates one embodiment of means used for adjusting the speed 01- the motor co1nblood with the independent brush adjustingarrangement for starting the machine and the automatic device arran ed so the brushes will return to the prec etermincd running position of the motor after startilw. Fig. 9 shows a modification.

. Tteferring to Fig. 1, 10 represents a source of polyphase supply, 11 the primary rotor winding supplied from the polyphase system by means of slip rings and brushes as illustrated, 12 represents the eonnnutated regulating winding on the rotor, 13 and 14 represent brushes connected to the corresponding ends of the independent secondary windings 15 and 16. The function of the brushes 13- and 14 isto make electrical connection between the ends of the secondary windings'and the commutator of the regulating winding but for simplification I have omitted the commutator and show -these brushes resting directly on the comlnutated re' ulating Winding 12.

in Fig. 2 I have shown the vector relations of the voltage injected into the secondary winding-121m the. brushes are shifted in opposite directions for the purpose of speed control. The letter A represents the brushes connected to, one end. of the secondary phases and the letter B' to the other end. A; and B commutator when the greatest Voltage is injected into the secondary and the motor is running at minimum speed. hen-- the brushes are moved to the position of A B the speed. ofthe motor has been slightly increased. A and B represent. the positions of the brushes whenthe speed of. the motor is near sync-hronism. A and B, represent the positions of the'hrushes on the commutator when the speed of themotor mo ved slightly above. synchronism. 1

"In Fig. 3 I have indicated how the relations of Fig. 2. may be advantageously changed for the maximum and minimum s wed in. order to obtain better power factor. n F lg. 4 I have represented these vectors so it will be seen that in each of the vectors there is not only a vertical component to regulate the speed but alsoacomponent in nadraturc to adjust the power factor, it will apparent that by dis placingthe brushes on the commutator as illustrated by the vectors in Fig. 3 there will always be a component in quadrature as shown in Fig, 4: for the regulation of the power factor. In Fig. 5 I have represented by the dotted line curve the higher power factor that may be obtained by the use-of my mechanism at different speeds in comparison to the solid line curve where the power factor is not subject to correction at all points ofthespeed range.

In Figs. 3, 7 and 8 I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention. In Fig. 7', 20'

l 2 represents the bearing and brush rigging sup- ,port of the motor, 21 the commutator of the regulating winding, 13 and 14 the brushes connected to the different ends of the phases of the'seeondary as shown in Fig. 1 resting on 1 the commutator 2l and 22-a'nd 23 are the brush yokes. These yokes are pivotally connected to the driving links "31 and 32. The: drivii-i'g links are pivotally connected to the lever 26, which will hereafter referred to as the brush shif ing mechanism is fixed and so arranged to impart the desired motion tothe rod 39 soasto-inove the operatingmember in represent the position of the brushes on the lever, not shown, and connected to theopersung. member at position 29'. The machineto .which the opposite end of rod 30 may be connected is o erated by the motor on which the desired position. Bolt 24 which connects the driving links is allowed to move in the slot 25 of a supporting plate as. It is ob vious that as the operating member is moved by the rod 30 it will cause a movement of the brushes. The slot 25, is so constructed as illustrated by the. diagram that when the operating member is moved from its central position a the brush-yokes are moved int-he. same, direction causing a shift of the brush axis while maintaining approximately the same small separation between brushes of the end of a'pliase until the point 7) is reached. If the. operating member is continued to be moved away from its central position atoward b, when it approaches point b-the "an gula r velocity of the brush yoke 22 willhave decreased while the angular velocitybf the brush yoke 23 has been increased. .After'; point I) is passed the direction of rotation of the brush yoke 22 is reversed. As the operate.

ing memberis movedi-roln I) to the brushes are sh fted in opposite directions-and varying relative angular velocities When the opere.

ating member has reached the position -a brush yoke 23 willgraduallyv becomein'aoative while the brush yoke 22 will-continue to be shifted "over a part of its operative sure face. After the point-o isipassedbrush yoke 23 will be shifted in the. opposite direction. Thus both brush yokes will. be shifted in the? same direction until the point-dis reached.

T he brushes may be returned to their. original position by similar movements; As'l have illustrated in-the drawing thev operating mem-. ber may be moved in either direction from the central position it thus rotatingithel brushes with or against the direction of rotation of the machine and so lowering or raising the speed from itssynchronons'value.

- As theoperatmg member is moved from) a. to d or from. a to d; the distance irom the? bolt 28 to the bolt 24=,.whic'h connects'ithe d'riv ing links to the operating member, will con-.

tinu'ally change. 'I'have made arrangements for this byneans of the groove 27 allow-. ing' the operating-'inember to move so as to change the distance from bolt 28 to bolt 24.

' Fig. 6 shows a different view of the mesh-1 anism as it is connected-to the frame of. the motor. 33 represents the-rotatingpart of the motor, 13 und'l i the brushes of one of the,

brush yokes. I have also illustrated the con motions of the driving links 31 and 32 to thebolt 24 and the operating member- 26 to thebolt28."

' In Fig. 8 I have illustrated how the brushes may be shifted, as explained in F ig; 7 vheii theniovements of the operatingmember are. controlled by hand. The speed athustmg handle is shown in some predetermined de-.-

sired running position of then'ioton IV'hen the motor is stopped the brushesj'will re main in the positionillustrated. but it is often desirable to shift the brushes so .thatthe motor will draw a comparatively small amount of current at starting. There are also conditions under which it is desirable to increase. or decrease the starting torque from what it would be with the brushes in the desired. running position. This may be provided for by an independent starting handle 36. The brushes will be moved to give the desiredstarting torque by movement ot' the startinghandle 36 while the speed adjusting handle 35 is held in position by a clutch 38 or any other device that may be desired.

The starting handle 36 is attached to the speed adjusting handle 35 by means of a spring 37 so that when the starting handle is moved to obtain the desired starting position and the machine is up to speed then the starting handle when released will be pulledfjback by spring 37 against a stop 39, thus moving the brushes back to their original running position. It will be obvious that a. starting device of this kind may be used when the speed adjusting member is connected to a separate machine as illustrated and explained in connection with Fig. 7.

From illustrations of the operating memher in 1F igs. 7 and 8 of the operz-tting member it may-fbe noted that any radial movement of the operating member will cause the brushes to be moved in opposite directions and any angular movement of the operating member will cause them to be rotated in the same direction.

It will be noted in Figs. 7 and 8 I have illustrated 'the groove through which the pivoted connection of the driving links are connected to the operating member as being irregularly-shaped, but I do not wish to limit my invention to a guidin groove or one of this shape." It will be obvious that the contour of the cam or other stationary plate may be of any desired shape dependim upon the regulatin characteristics desirct or it may be advisable to dispense with the cam or stationary platehltogether as I have illustrated in Figure 9, thus rotating the pivoted connections through the arc of a circle as illustrated by the dotted lines 4-0. hen the cam or st tionary plate is dispensed with as illustrated in Figure 9 it will not be necessary to provide for any radial movement of the pivoted connection.

In eaccordanee with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent'the best embodiment thereof, butl desire toihave it understood that the apparatus shownjyand described is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. i A brush shifting mechanism for a dynamo electric machine comprising two adjustable brush yokes, two adjusting means for said brush yokes pivotally connected, a stationary cam, and means for moving said pivoted connection of the adjusting means around the contour of said earn.

2-. A brush shitting device for a dynamo electric machine comprising two adjustable brush yokes, two adjustable means pivotally connected together for moving said yokes, a

reversible operating member pivotally connected to said adjustable means at their pivot connection, and a supporting plate with a groove for guiding said pivoted connection.

3. Abrush shifting device for a dynamo electric machine comprising two adjustable brush yokes, an operating lever, two driving links pivotally connected to said adjusts able brush yokes and lever, a supporting plate for said lever and links having a cam slot therein and a connection between said plate and lever permitting radial and angular movement of the operating lever as it moves the pivoted connection of the driving links around the contour of the cam.

4. In combination, an alternafing current motor provided with a primary winding and a commutated regulating winding on the rotorfand independent secondary windings on the stator, a brush shitting device for the said motor comprising two adjustable brush yokes, each yoke supporting brushes connected to the corresponding ends of the secondary windings, driving means associated with said brush yokes, a reversible operating member for moving said driving means, means for guiding said driving means when moved by the operating member so that the angular velocity of one brush yoke decreases while the other increases over a portion of the regulating range, and an additional operating member for moving said driving means independently of the position of the first mentioned operating member.

5. A brush shifting mechanism for a dynamo electric machine comprising a pair of brush yokcs, an adj ustahle mechanism for simultaneously moving said brush yolzes to a desired operating position, and additional means for moving said brush yekes independently of said adjusting mechanism which when released allows the brush yokes to returi'i to the operating position deter-. mined by the position of said adjusting mechanism.

6. A brush shifting mechanism for a dynamo electric machine comprising two brush yokes, two adjusting means for said brush yokes, one of which may be moved and locked in any desired operating position of the yokes, and the other of which may he moved independently to temporarily shift said yokes to another position, and means for returning said yokes to the first mentioned position when the second mentioned adjusting means is released.

7. An elecbrio motor having colmnqtatm' and adjustable brushes; for regulatmgthye,

speed of} the motor, :g brush shiftingmm;

nism thql efor comprising two'br-ush yokes drlvmg links forszud yQk s, a speed adlust ing lever for operating said links prqvld ml wit-n locking means to secure it in an (lg;

siwd adjustablepqsibiqn and a starting leyel secured to the speed adjusting Lew by a, v reslhent COHUQCUQ 1 bempqmnly new-mg szud hnks and yolges tq @ndQSIIQQl sml gmg. 

